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6-time 'Dancing with the Stars' champ Derek Hough brings 'Symphony of Dance' to MGM National Harbor 12/05/2023 04:11am • The most decorated "Dancing with the Stars" champion in the show's history is coming to perform live in the D.C. area. Derek Hough will bring his dazzling stage show "Symphony of Dance" to MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, this Wednesday, Dec. 6. "I love D.C. so much," Hough told WTO Slick roads, heavy holiday traffic: Big backups leading to airports ahead of Thanksgiving 11/21/2023 05:40pm • Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for traffic and weather news on the 8s. Halloween has passed, but it looks like Thanksgiving is going to be the new nightmare — at least as far as getting around the D.C.-area is concerned. Heavy rain all day Tuesday has slickened ar Near-record Thanksgiving travel projected for DC region as gas prices continue to drop 11/20/2023 10:20am • More than 1.25 million people in the D.C. region will be hitting the roads over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, making it the second-highest number since AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000. And, gassing up for the travel will be considerably cheaper this year. Overall, the travel group p Virginia singer, who once performed on WTOP with Bach to Rock students, now competes on 'The Voice' 11/13/2023 04:14am • In 2015, Claudia B. visited WTOP to perform in the Glass Enclosed Nerve Center just before competing in Bachapalooza at Jammin' Java in Vienna, Virginia, a battle of the bands hosted by the Bach to Rock after-school music program. On Monday night, the 24-year-old Virginia native makes her hometo WATCH: DC's former residents, giant pandas, safely land in China after 19-hour flight. Here's what happens now 11/09/2023 01:10pm • After a 19-hour journey that included plenty of in-flight bamboo snacks for the trip, D.C.'s erstwhile giant panda trio has safely landed in China. The National Zoo said the special FedEx "Panda Express" flight that took off from Virginia's Dulles International Airport Wednesday morning touch 'Never been a shipment of this magnitude': National Zoo's giant pandas take off for long journey to China 11/08/2023 02:45pm • Just a little before 1 p.m., a 777 FedEx plane designated as the "Panda Express" went wheels up at Dulles International Airport Wednesday. Aboard — the Smithsonian National Zoo's beloved giant pandas heading back to China. It is the day panda-lovers in the D.C. area have been dreading. T PHOTOS: National Zoo's pandas throughout the years 11/08/2023 11:44am • The National Zoo’s three giant pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — are returning to China on Nov. 8, with no public signs that the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue. The potential end of the National Zoo’s panda era comes amid R&B star Kevin Ross of DC's Duke Ellington School, 'super excited' to come home to Bethesda Theater 11/02/2023 04:04am • He's written tunes for Trey Songz, Jamie Foxx, Nicki Minaj and Toni Braxton, not to mention his own R&B hits. This Friday night, Southeast D.C.-native Kevin Ross comes home to Bethesda Theater in Bethesda, Maryland. "I'm super excited about being back home on Friday," Ross told WTOP. "For DC-born rapper DJ Kool joins WTOP to celebrate 'Let Me Clear My Throat' finally being certified platinum 10/30/2023 04:17am • In 1996, DJ Kool's live club recording of "Let Me Clear My Throat" became an iconic rap anthem. This month, the D.C. native was notified that his tune was finally certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, an achievement that is long overdue. "Who would have thunk tha The difficult trip home for DC man stranded in Israel amid war with Hamas 10/18/2023 04:10am • The surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, and the war it sparked, resulted in many Americans in Israel encountering difficulties evacuating the region. D.C. playwright and producer Ari Roth was among the thousands of people who would see flight after flight canceled as airlines mad Travel experts call Thanksgiving the 'hidden best week' to travel abroad 10/17/2023 07:20pm • How about tucking into your turkey dinner in Italy this year? Katy Nastro from Going.com, a travel deal website, said Thanksgiving is the "hidden best week to travel internationally," and you can score a round-trip flight from the D.C. area to Milan for $486. Nastro told WTOP that holiday flig DC's public libraries launch scavenger hunt for banned books 10/04/2023 08:27pm • D.C. readers are being encouraged to search the city for six books that have been pulled from the shelves of schools and libraries in states like Texas and Florida. The scavenger hunt is one way the D.C. Public Library System is celebrating national Banned Books Week. "Libraries, as the great pro American Black Film Festival founder launches new comedy festival at The Wharf 10/03/2023 06:00am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” You'll laugh so hard this weekend at The Wharf that you might fall into the Potomac's Washington Channel. The Because They're Funny Comedy Festival launches in Southwest D.C. this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Jeff Fr Prince George’s Co. looks at making roads safer by design — not just through traffic stops 09/28/2023 03:16pm • More than two dozen pedestrians and bicyclists have died on Prince George's County, Maryland, roads this year. That's partly why groups that advocate for safer, more multimodal streets are hailing a package of legislation titled the "Walkable Urban Streets Act" that’s moving through the Prince Have you noticed more bugs around your home? An expert says climate change may be the cause 09/26/2023 11:23pm • After a summer brimming with dayslong heat waves, vicious storms and the standard D.C. area mugginess, fall is beginning to get underway. Unfortunately, the change in temperature and a global change in climate may be offering local insects and invasive species more time to breed. Michael Raupp �